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UN High Commissioner for Refugees

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 6,689 people in 116 countries continues to help 20.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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Good Practices: Addressing Statelessness in South East Asia

5 February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Regional Reports

Women's training project in northern Myanmar generates income and goodwill

29 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR urges Thailand against forced returns to Myanmar

28 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR urges more time for ensuring safety of refugees returning after Myanmar fighting

15 November 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR helps thousands of Karens fleeing fighting in Myanmar

9 November 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Welcome to Japan: first Asian country joins UNHCR's resettlement programme

28 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Resettlement Fact Sheet, August 2010

July 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Thematic Reports

World: Main Countries of Origin of New Asylum-Seekers - 2009

15 June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

UNHCR Global Report 2009, Myanmar

1 June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Annual Reports

'Earth, wind and fire: a review of UNHCR's role in recent natural disasters'.

June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Thematic Reports

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